Salty Dog
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow - a tall, strong, heavy nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white. I remember him looking round the cover and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest -
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
From Treasure Island, Steveson
Homework for the conference and this month's PBJ theme, which was The Sea. Other Junkie's sea pictures: (a few more to follow soon)
Bravo! Love it Heather!
Posted by: roz | July 19, 2006 at 08:17 PM
This is GREAT Heather!!
Posted by: Paige Keiser | July 19, 2006 at 11:00 PM
Great job, Heather! Really compliments the text!
Posted by: patrice | July 20, 2006 at 10:46 AM
I love the way it turned out Heather! Very striking.
Posted by: Laura | July 20, 2006 at 03:02 PM